Drunken
Disappearance & Left Out in the Cold
Teacher Gets Heat for Chilly Punishment
Most elementary school students would probably jump at the
opportunity to get out of a classroom and outside. In Cranston, two third
graders have a very different experience when a substitute teacher used a
trip to the outside world as punishment.
According to a school official, the substitute sent the pair
outside in chilly temperatures as punishment for talking during class. The
teacher has been fired from the Cranston school system.
Drunk Man Fails to Break Into Own Car,
Disappears
One North Kingstown man drew attention to himself during his
intoxicated attempt to break into his own car. According to police, the man had
been drinking at a restaurant in town and inadvertently left his keys in his car.
Rather than call AAA, the man decided to take matters into his
own hands – and by “matters,” we really mean a cinderblock he happened upon
next to the restaurant. The man allegedly tried to smash in his
window to get his keys, but the cinderblock broke apart on impact and the window
remained intact. An officer arrived after a passerby called police.
As the officer tried to help the man, he told him to stay put as
he returned to his police cruiser. When the officer returned to the man’s car,
he was nowhere in sight.
Double Whammy Fender Bender
One Coventry woman managed to hit not one, but two police
cars in an early morning accident in East Greenwich this week. Two officers were in the middle of a traffic
stop when the 49-year-old woman allegedly hit the first police cruiser, which
in turn hit the second police cruiser.
It was a close call for the officers and the driver of the first
car, whom officers had to push out of the way to avoid being hit. According to
police, the woman appeared to be heavily intoxicated and was brought to Kent
Hospital where she became so combative that medical personnel had to restrain
her.
Suspects Forget False Names
If you’re going to give police a fake name (which we highly
recommend you don’t do, by the way), make sure you are consistent. A pair of
Woonsocket residents, both of whom had active warrants, gave officers false names when
they were stopped in a church parking lot last weekend, but had some issues
maintaining the farce.
According to reports, one of them spelled his name incorrectly
several times. When police checked his backpack, they found his real name
printed inside it, along with his age. As for the other suspect, police learned
she too had been lying about her identity when they searched her purse and
found her name on a credit card.